It's weird, I've read a lot of pregnancy stories lately, so when I saw this one my immediate reaction was that this was going to be just like the many others I've read (sorry.) Of course, a couple of the pregnancy stories I'm reading right now are great and completely original. Others are cliche and annoying. Yours is definitely part of the first category and I am so, so sorry for my initial reaction-I promise to never judge a book by its cover again!

I like the fact that you are setting your story after Flick has given birth. I like that she is a parent, rather than pregnant, and was intelligent enough to realize that she needed to drop out of school to properly raise her children-it would be impractical to attend Hogwarts at eight months pregnant-I mean, think of all those stairs!

I liked the idea of having a spell to hide the bump and I also liked the fact that Flick (awesome name, by the way-having a unique name really makes a character stand out, in my opinion) had a tutor while she was away from school. The first chapter of this story was very practical, which is always important in pregnancy stories.

Overall, I thought this was a good first chapter.

Courtney:)

Author's Response: Hello :)

It's fine, don't worry.

Yep, Flick realised she needed to drop out because she knows what it's like not having her mother around and wants whats best for her children.

Stairs kill me at the best of times, imagine the Hogwarts stairs when 7/8/9 months pregnant and you're carrying twins.

There were lots of reasons she hid her bump, the main one was that she didn't tell the father and the others were because she didn't tell her friends/want anyone to know especially the press.

Unique names for the win!!! I love unique names especially since I'm stuck with quite a common name. I also think they add to a persons personality if that makes sense.